Are the skies being illicitly contaminated with a mysterious substance that may have serious effects on people's health? One Cuddington man thinks so and is on a mission to find the truth. Phil Morris, 50, is gravely concerned with what he perceives to be happening to the atmosphere in the North West and across the world. The phenomena he refers to are known as 'chemtrails' - long-lasting, thick, white, expanding trails left by non-commercial planes, that eventually merge and blanket the skies. 'Ask yourself this,' he said, 'when did you last see clear blue skies over Lancashire and Cheshire with no clouds anywhere - without the pure natural skyscape being polluted by these trails and haze?' Phil first noticed the phenomena, contrasted with contrails (condensation trails) which are normal water vapour trails left by commercial airliners that usually disappear within a minute, three-and-a-half years ago. He started videotaping them and has amassed a significant collection of images to support his arguments. He continued: 'The planes I have video-taped leave large crosses, grids, A and H shapes in the sky that spread out slowly over hours to create fake chemical clouds. 'They fall and thicken quickly leaving the telltale doughnut on a rope shape, they are pure white in daylight, and pale pink as the sun sets, while every other natural cloud had varying shades of white, grey and black plus colours as the sun sets. 'They also drift at around only 5%-10% the speed of normal clouds, often in the opposite direction to all the other clouds. 'When the sky is full of haze left by trails it can get extremely humid, even when there is no visible sun, and air feels stale.' 'I counted up to 50 planes last summer in one morning from sunrise to noon, and this happened on many occasions.' Phil claims his health and his family's have been affected in some way by the chemtrails, tallying with reports from around the globe. Symptoms include head pains, severe ear-ache, stiff neck and shoulders, dizziness, sinus infections, lack of concentration and all-year-round flu symptoms.